Shilong
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 石龍／石龙 (Shílóng).
Proper noun
Shilong
- A district of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
- 2010 November 30, “Shilong district”, in China Daily, archived from the original on 12 November 2019:
- Shilong district, located in the western part of Pingdingshan, is known for the Shilong River.[...]
Shilong district has rich resources, particularly minerals. It has 12 varieties of verified minerals and 330 million tons of raw coal reserves in an area of 28 square kilometers – one of the top three coal fields of Pingdingshan.
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- A town in Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
Translations
References
- Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, pages 345, 361:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Sheklung (Shihlung, Shilong)
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